PRWeb.com Press Release Feed - PRWeb Press Release Account Feedhttp://www.prweb.comPRWeb.com Press Release Feed - Press Releasesenxml@emediawire.comxml@emediawire.comThu, 29 Sep 2016 10:15:22 GMT30Tinder, Pokémon GO, Coffee Lines: Fair Trade Month Quiz Asks “How Fair Are You”http://www.prweb.com/releases/2016/09/prweb13725326.htmThu, 29 Sep 2016 14:15:00 GMT Just how “fair” are people when it comes to Tinder dates, Pokémon GO etiquette, or waiting in line for a morning cup of coffee? Those and more are some of the questions Fairtrade America poses in its Fairest of Them All Quiz during Fair Trade Month this October.

]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2016/09/prweb13725326.htmNaturepedic is First Mattress Brand to Earn Sustainable Furnishings Council Goldhttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2016/09/prweb13725273.htmThu, 29 Sep 2016 13:00:00 GMT Naturepedic, the nation’s leading manufacturer of organic mattresses and bedding accessories for adults and children, is the first mattress manufacturer – organic or conventional – to receive the Sustainable Furnishings Council’s gold level award for its “deep environmental commitment and exemplary implementation of sustainability best practices.”

]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2016/09/prweb13718236.htmAlliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) Welcomes Passage of the US Global Food Security Acthttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2016/07/prweb13541247.htmFri, 08 Jul 2016 17:35:00 GMT The Global Food Security Act is one of the most progressive economic development initiatives for African agriculture to come out of Washington for decades. Feed the Future is central to President Obama’s legacy.

]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2016/04/prweb13316644.htmRIBUS Expands to Pet Supplies, Supplements, Food and Bev in ‘15http://www.prweb.com/releases/2016/03/prweb13247810.htmFri, 04 Mar 2016 14:05:00 GMT RIBUS expanded into the pet business (nutrition, treats) and added two new managers and several international distributors in 2015. RIBUS’ Peirce presenting at Expo West seminar 3/10; exhibiting at Expo West/Engredea and SCIFTS.

]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2015/11/prweb13081042.htmSFTA and B Lab Offer Sustainability Impact Tool for Organic Companieshttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2015/09/prweb12949033.htmWed, 09 Sep 2015 14:00:00 GMT The Sustainable Food Trade Association has partnered with the non-profit standards and certification organization B Lab to help organic companies quickly measure and assess the quality of their sustainability programs and their impacts on workers, local communities, and the environment.

]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2015/02/prweb12509845.htmOrganic Mattress Company Naturepedic Wins Organic Trade Association “Rising Star” Awardhttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/09/prweb12200157.htmFri, 26 Sep 2014 13:15:00 GMT Barry Cik, Technical Director of the organic mattress and bedding company Naturepedic based near Cleveland, OH, has been named one of three winners of the Organic Trade Association’s (OTA) Organic Leadership Awards for his “visionary work that is transforming organic farming and trade.”

]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/09/prweb12200157.htmRIBUS’ Sales Boom as Clock Ticks for Silicon Dioxide Use in Organic Food, Beverages, Supplementshttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/05/prweb11894696.htmThu, 29 May 2014 14:00:00 GMT The clock is ticking for manufacturers of organic foods and beverages using silicon dioxide (SiO2) to switch to ingredients made of organic rice hulls, if commercially available, by November 3, 2014. As a result, organic food, beverage, and supplement manufacturers are increasingly reformulating their products to use RIBUS, Inc.’s rice concentrate Nu-FLOW, resulting in a 150% increase in sales of the ingredient in just the last year.

]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/03/prweb11631107.htmNaturepedic, Lullaby Earth Get Award from National Pollution Prevention Roundtablehttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/10/prweb11214135.htmWed, 09 Oct 2013 19:35:00 GMT Naturepedic and Lullaby Earth were given an award at the National Pollution Prevention Roundtable's (NPPR) 2013 MVP2 Awards ceremony for being a charter member of its “Safer Chemistry Challenge Program.” Naturepedic and Lullaby Earth were recognized for designing and manufacturing mattress products with safer chemistries.

]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/10/prweb11214135.htmPatagonia Launches "The Responsible Economy" Campaign, Celebrates 40 Years of Environmental and Social Firstshttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/9/prweb11154442.htmTue, 24 Sep 2013 14:00:00 GMT Leaders from outdoor apparel company Patagonia today announced its new campaign, The Responsible Economy, and outlined its numerous environmental and social “firsts” since being founded 40 years ago.

]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/9/prweb11154442.htmNaturepedic Adds Organic Adult Luxury Mattress Line to Popular Baby Mattress Linehttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/7/prweb10957495.htmWed, 24 Jul 2013 15:35:00 GMT Long known for its award-winning certified organic baby mattresses, Naturepedic® has now launched a full line of organic adult luxury encased-coil and latex mattresses. The mattresses are certified to the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) and/or the new Global Organic Latex Standard (GOLS).

]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/7/prweb10957495.htmGlobal Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) Tops 3000 Facilities in 2012http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/4/prweb10658546.htmTue, 23 Apr 2013 13:00:00 GMT The number of facilities becoming certified to the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) increased 11 percent to surpass the 3000 mark in 2012, growing from 2,714 facilities in 2011 to 3,016 facilities in 2012, according to new data from the GOTS International Working Group. GOTS certification means consumers are purchasing items certified organic from field to finished product.

]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/4/prweb10658546.htmSustainable Food Trade Association Releases Its First Annual Sustainability Reporthttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/3/prweb10485372.htmFri, 01 Mar 2013 15:00:00 GMT According to a new report by the Sustainable Food Trade Association, organic food companies are increasingly adopting a wide range of sustainability initiatives including using less energy, creating less waste, reducing their carbon footprints, and donating to the community.

]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/3/prweb10485372.htmNY’s Bolla Market Convenience Stores Switch Coffee to Specialty Organic, Fair Trade, Bird Friendlyhttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/12/prweb10225020.htmTue, 11 Dec 2012 12:30:57 GMT Bolla Market, the New York area’s chain of high-end convenience stores, today announced it has switched to only top-quality organic, Fair Trade, and Bird Friendly® specialty coffee for all its coffee offerings. ‘Bolla Gourmet Organic Coffee’ will be sold at the company’s 21 locations making the company one of the largest convenience store chains to provide only organic, Fair Trade, and Bird Friendly shade grown coffee as its coffee offerings in the U.S.

]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/12/prweb10225020.htmAll Coffee at Bolla Market’s NY Area Convenience Stores Goes Specialty, Organic, Fair Trade, Bird Friendlyhttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/12/prweb10202549.htmWed, 05 Dec 2012 14:00:00 GMT Leading local politicians, Fair Trade USA, and Santa Claus will join Bolla Market, the high-end chain of New York City area convenience stores, at two events in Brooklyn and on Long Island to announce the company’s switch to offering only top-quality, artisanal specialty coffee certified to organic, Fair Trade, and the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center’s Bird Friendly shade grown standards for all its coffee offerings. In doing so, the company will become one of the largest, if not the only, c-store chains to offer only organic-, Fair Trade-, and Bird Friendly-certified specialty coffee in the U.S.

]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/10/prweb9991498.htmRIBUS President Addresses Organic Rice-based “Minor Ingredients” at Natural Products Expo East September 20http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/9/prweb9891141.htmWed, 12 Sep 2012 14:00:00 GMT Steve Peirce, President of rice-based ingredients manufacturer RIBUS, Inc., will address advancements with “minor ingredients” that play major roles in organic food and beverages at the Natural Products Expo East in Baltimore, MD September 20, 2012.

]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/9/prweb9891141.htmRIBUS Celebrates 20 Years of Providing Non-GMO Rice Ingredients and Clean Labelshttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/6/prweb9617303.htmTue, 19 Jun 2012 14:45:00 GMT With consumers increasingly demanding “cleaner labels” with simpler and more sustainable ingredients, more and more manufacturers are incorporating such ingredients into their product lines. St. Louis, MO-based rice ingredient manufacturer RIBUS, Inc. this summer is celebrating 20 years of helping leading brands offer organic, non-genetically modified (non-GMO), and allergen-free products ranging from foods to beverages and supplements using the company’s rice concentrates and extracts. The company is attending the June 26-28 IFT Food Expo in Las Vegas (Booth 1957).

]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/6/prweb9617303.htmLullaby Earth Launches First Crib Mattress That’s Non-Toxic, Super-Lightweight, Recyclable, and Affordablehttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/5/prweb9483268.htmTue, 08 May 2012 13:15:00 GMT The new Lullaby Earth crib mattresses are available nationwide, affordable, made without polyurethane foam or vinyl, and packed with health and safety features.

]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/5/prweb9483268.htmGlobal Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) Grows, Celebrates Five Yearshttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/4/prweb9409029.htmTue, 17 Apr 2012 08:30:00 GMT The Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) turned five years old in 2011, adding 80 new companies and another country to the list of those with GOTS-certified facilities, expanding particularly in developed countries, and receiving formal recognition by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. By year’s end, 2,714 facilities in 57 countries around the world were certified to the organic apparel and textile standard.

]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/2/prweb9165167.htmNaturepedic Shows Award-Winning Baby & Kids Organic Mattresses and Bedding at L.A. Green Festival October 29-30http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/10/prweb8902869.htmMon, 24 Oct 2011 13:30:00 GMT Naturepedic, the only baby and children’s bed and bedding company in the U.S. certified to the Global Organic Textile Standard, is exhibiting at the Los Angeles Green Festival October 29-30. Naturepedic will display its award-winning certified organic cotton mattresses for babies and children, mattress pads, sheets, pillows and changing pads. Baby Bargains, the best-selling guide to baby products, rated Naturepedic’s Lightweight Mattresses the “#1 Top Pick” of all crib mattresses on the market in its most recent edition.

]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/10/prweb8902869.htmKids These Days…Looking Out for Their Own Future - Society of Environmental Journalists Conference, Miami, FL 9 a.m. Saturday, October 22, 2011http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/10/prweb8888785.htmWed, 19 Oct 2011 11:00:00 GMT Youth empowering other youth is the focus of a youth panel "Kids These Days…Looking Out for Their Own Future" Saturday, October 22, at 9 a.m. at the Society of Environmental Journalists conference in Miami, FL.

]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/10/prweb8888785.htmEco-Author Lynne Cherry Launches Young Voices for the Planet DVD at NAAEE Conference in Raleigh, NC Oct. 12-15http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/10/prweb8867609.htmTue, 11 Oct 2011 14:30:00 GMT Lynne Cherry, best-selling author and illustrator of such children’s classics as The Great Kapok Tree and A River Ran Wild, has produced and directed eight short documentary films which show that kids have the power to bring about change. Cherry is releasing a DVD of the films, Young Voices for the Planet, at the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) conference in Raleigh, NC, October 12-15, 2011.
Films showcase the power of youth speaking out, creating solutions, leading the change.

]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/10/prweb8867609.htmEqual Exchange Launches 5th Annual Reverse Trick-or-Treat Halloween Drive to End Forced Child Labor in Cocoa Countrieshttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/9/prweb8841389.htmFri, 30 Sep 2011 13:00:00 GMT This Halloween children, organizations, and businesses across the U.S. will help children forced to labor on African cocoa farms by participating in the 5th annual “Reverse Trick-or-Treating” campaign. By handing out informational cards along with organic, Fair Trade chocolates from West Bridgewater, MA-based Equal Exchange when they go trick-or-treating, participants bring attention to the thousands of children who have been trafficked and forced to work in exploitative conditions on West African cocoa farms. This year’s Reverse Trick-or-Treating program marks the 10th anniversary of the September, 2011, signing of the Harkin-Engel Protocol that called for an end to the worst forms of child labor in the cocoa supply chains of the major chocolate companies.

]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/9/prweb8841389.htmOrganic Farming Gains Momentum with New OFRF Report and Growing Congressional Supporthttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/9/prweb8807020.htmMon, 19 Sep 2011 13:00:00 GMT The findings of OFRF’s new report demonstrate that organic farming practices are overwhelmingly beneficial for consumers, farmers, the economy, and the environment. The report also highlights the urgent need for more research to address the expanding organic market.

]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/9/prweb8807020.htmGreat Eastern Sun Introduces Miso Sip™ as Coffee, Tea Alternative at Natural Products Expo East in Baltimorehttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/9/prweb8798927.htmThu, 15 Sep 2011 13:00:00 GMT Great Eastern Sun Trading Company, Inc., the world’s largest manufacturer of organic miso, is introducing Miso Sip™ as a hot beverage alternative to coffee or tea at the Natural Products Expo East September 22-24, 2011, in Baltimore, MD. In addition, Miso Sip™ will be served at the Organic Trade Association annual meeting at the expo September 23 at 4:00 p.m.